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IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING CAST!
GIVE YOURSELF THE EDGE
GET A STAND OUT SHOWREEL
Jane
Sanger started life at Laine Theatre Arts where her
mother taught elocution and drama and she had her first
professional role at 11. Later she went to university and then
between her 5 children taught drama and art, writing scripts and
directing plays. She is an award winning Director of Film and
also a successful freelance Casting Director and film
Producer.
As an award
winning Director and drama teacher of experience I will bring out
your best performance so that your reel will be set to impress and
encourage Casting Directors to bring you into the casting
room.
BOOK YOUR WORKSHOP NOW
Email to
luminocasting@hotmail.com
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TESTIMONIALS
After following the advice in our workshops or getting new showreels actors have gone on to win parts in Dr Who, Broadchurch, Matilda, Lord of the Flies, Maleficent, Mr Selfridge, Call The Midwife, Poldark, Doctors, Casualty, Anna Karenina, Granchester and been a finalist for Britains Next Top Model and many other films and commercials.
Casting/Showreel Workshop
It looks super. Thank you so much for all
your hard work in creating this - proud to have it on Spotlight,
thank you - Lucas Ward -
I just wanted to say thank you, Jarrett (age 11) really enjoyed
the workshop, met some lovely people and had fun. He
certainly learnt a lot from you and David in one day, not only
about techniques but also the demands and expectations of the
business, and the level of competition out there! - Lynn Mee, -
Epsom, Surrey
Emily (age 18) really enjoyed today, thank you. She was
buzzing with how she can improve by keeping herself in the room
with interesting chat, and revealling her personality as a help in
landing a part. David had so much knowledge of the right agents to
go for and how Emily should market herself. It was a real eye
opener. Emily has been to other casting workshops but no-one has
ever told her all this before. Margaret James-
London
Ollie (age 17)I would like to thank you for the support given to me yesterday. It was also a real eye-opener and I really learnt more from myself as a performer. You helped me understand that I am a 'product' and should be marketing myself to help me get the best chance of success. I want to thank David and Jane for their advice as it has been strongly reflected on, thank you! And see you in the summer for the showreel workshop. Ollie Bridgewater - Birmingham
CONTEMPORARY SHOWREEL WORKSHOPS
Individual Showreel - whole day dedicated to you £600
Contemporary Showreel Workshop £250.00 - 12 September, 2021, SE
London/Kent
Contemporary 1 scene 12 September, SE London, Kent £90
Contemporary Showreel 30 Oct - 3 scenes £250 Doncaster
An alternative 3 stage payment plan is available for the Period
Showreel. I. 1st payment by 1 September, £100, 2. 2nd stage payment
by 1 October, £100 and 3. 3rd stage payment by 1 November -
email me on info@luminofilms to discuss this or talk about an
alternate plan. Available in 2 payments for the contemporary reels
also.
OTHER WORKSHOPS
GETTING THE EDGE - Workshop for young actors Sat Sept 25 -
Central London £100
WEBINAR - HOW TO FUND YOUR SHORT
FILM VIDEO - £35
Victorian
Showreel - 1 scene - London - 14 November, 2021
PERIOD SHOWREEL WORKSHOPS
Victorian
Scenes below some from our
showreels.
ROARING TWENTIES SHOWREEL SCENE
Twenties period drama: The Great Gatsby, Peaky Blinders, Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited, Upstairs Downstairs, The House of Eliott, Boardwalk Empire, The King's Speech, Changeling, Anastasia and many more.
Would a period piece in this era be good for your showreel?
Character roles and aristocrats, young flappers
and business men from the city including
gangsters.
This was the era of new rebellion and clubs and
dancing after the austerity of the War. Children in 1920's films
were Ballet Shoes (Emma Watson)Bugsy Mallone (Jodie Foster)
Atonement (Saoirse Ronan) Some of these films are breakout films
for those who starred in them
SCRIPTS FOR PERIOD REELS-
What will the scripts be? They will be adaptations from novels
or excerpts from plays or film scripts that are relevant to the
era. They will be 1-2 pages long and in this case you will get the
complete scene to take whatever excerpt you want to add to your
reel. We do not give whole scenes in contemporary
showreels.
The scripts cannot be given in advance, because we wait til the course is booked and chose suitable scripts for the varying participants. we obviously want something dramatic and emotional, and that can include happy go lucky like Enola Holmes, or Little House on the Prairie, Little Women. It's not always dark. Darker characters might be Mrs Danvers, Mr and Mrs Squeers, Strict governess, Dr Curlew, Bill Sykes etc. Each person will have the chance to say what type of character they wish to play.
We have a professional photographer on set for period reels only
and they can take photos of you as a headshot, 3/4 length, full
length and group. From June 2021, 1 still photograph will be
included in the price. Extra photographs are £20 each and
provided as a digitial download, prints are also available. You can
order more, once you view them on a viewing gallery provided by the
photographer. Mobile phones and snaps are not allowed in the
costume room.
MEDIEVAL AND FANTASY SHOWREEL SCENE AT THORNBURY CASTLE, GLOS
Medieval and Fantasy Scenes cover films like Game of Thrones, Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, The Never Ending Sotry, Merlin, Labyrinth and many more. Ladies can dress in romantic flowing robes or kick ass warrior types. Men can be knights and warriors or evil slayers and magicians.
The backdrop of the beautful
Thornbury Castle provides an excellent location and we will provide
excellent costumes . The award winning photographer Janey Lazenby
will be offeringstills at an extra price even including perhaps a
horse, though the horse is not available in the showreel
scenes.
VICTORIAN
SHOWREEL SCENE 14 NOVEMBER- LONDON- £250.00
Sunday 13 December Contemporary Reel 2020 - SE London - sold out
Sunday 7 March, Contemporary Reel 2021 - SE London
- £90 1 scene, £250 reel -sold
out
Sunday 27 March, 2021 Contemporary Reel- Liverpool -
sold out
Saturday 10 April 2021 - Copntemporary
Reel Doncaster - sold
out
Friday 12 March -SE London/Kent - 1 period costume
scene -Victorian ( see below)- sold
out
Sunday 18 April -HASTINGS (St Leonards on Sea) - 1 period
costume scene -Victorian - Hastings, Sussex £200 - sold
out
Sunday 9 May - SE LONDON/KENT 1 scene Roaring
Twenties Period Workshop £200 - sold
out
Sunday 27 June - SE LONDON/KENT Edwardian/Victorian
showreel scene -£250 - sold out
Sunday 4 July Contemporary Reel - SE
London/Kent £90 scene -£250 for 3 scenes- sold
out
Sunday 18 July - Victorian Scene - Hastings - £250.00
Sold Out
Sunday 11 July - Medieval/Fantasy Ladies and Knights -
location Thornbury Castle, Castle Street, Thornbury, South
Gloucestershire BS35 1HH £300 Sold
Out
Saturday 31 July - Contemporary Reel - Manchester - £250
-Sold Out
Sunday 12 September - Contemporary Reel - SE/London/Kent
£250- 3 scenes £90 - 1 scene
Saturday 30 October - Contemporary Reel - Doncaster
- £250-3 scenes, £90 - 1 scene
Sunday 14 November - Victorian Scene - London -
£250
WHAT TO EXPECT ON A CONTEMPORARY SHOW
REEL
1. You are given 3 dynamic scripts, approx 1-2 pages long to learn before the workshop
2. You are paired with different participants each scene.
3. You are expected to bring changes of clothes, jewellery and manage changes of hairstyles (simple) for each part.
4. You are asked to consider different accents and attitudes to different characters.
5. I guide and direct you in your performance to bring out the best
6. We have a separate camera operator, who also does lighting and sound
7. Sound is from a rode mic and lav mics (little mics that are placed on you)
8. Depending on your age you must apply makeup and cover blemishes yourself.
9. The scenes are edited in to an approx 2-2.20 minute showreel. Extra scenes from your own work can be added at no extra charge.
10. Editing after the event can take from 2-4
weeks.
If you want a stand alone showreel, that is only you in the workshop, where I get other actors in to play opposite you and pay them a small fee to do this:
The price £600 for me to make and edit. 3 scenes, separate
cinematographer., makeup and hair artist.
Please note that for child showreels there is not a
waiting area so parents are requested to drop off and pick up the
children. There are cafes and shops nearby. Bluewater shopping is
20 minutes away. Knole Park for a walk and look at the house and
deer in the park is 15 mins away.
Things have been difficult with lockdown
and covid I know but please read this before
proceeding:
1.
We don't give
refunds, unless you can provide us with a doctors note.
Please bear in mind that a lot of preparation goes into each
workshop and acting partners can be let down, costumes are ordered,
locations prepaid and we make the budget on having 12 people attend
period workshops and 8 for Contemporary, so if numbers go down then
this means we cannot make any profit. So unless there is a medical
reason (verified by a doctor) we are also unable to consider
rescheduling.
2. Though 100% of our attendees are
enthusiastic and keen actors, there are an occasional few 2-3% who
are not so skilled as others but we cannot be held responsible or
refund because you do not like your acting partners
performance.
a) You have the chance to practice on
zoom or skype before the workshop with your acting partner.
Discreetly let us know if you think you are not a good
fit.
b) Our fees are competitive for
both contemporary and period reels but the only way to guarantee
your acting partner is to go for the individual contemporary reel
at £600 and the period scene would be £1,500. Then you can bring in
your own choice of other actors or allow me to find the ones I know
are very skilled.
3. Our editor is highly skilled and works in TV, plus independent film. Whilst we will re arrange order and apply different colour grade once, we will not accept that you or your agent do not like the scene as we will have done our utmost to make this the best it can be.
4. We do not give whole scenes on
contemporary reels for you to edit yourself, but are happy to add
any scenes that you provide us from previous work.
If you add more than one scene there
will be a small charge.
Those who perform in Period scenes are
however given the whole scene as they need to cut that into their
own reel.
We operate a strict covid
protocol.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON A PERIOD SHOWREEL
1. We find a brilliant period correct location
2. We provide a period costume
3. Shoes, jewellery and some accessories like a mans walking cane, hat and tie pins etc could be provided by the participant.
4. Hair and makeup are done by a professional MUA. If you
have short hair you must provide your own wig. We have a link to
some very good ones on etsy but they take a few weeks to come. Men
are requested to grow their hair, facial hair if required for the
age, or provide false high quality facial hair , that we have
suitable links to or to shave.
5. Once we have all 12 participants we choose suitable
period scripts for you in groups of two approx 1-2 pages long that
are either original or come from literature
adaptations.
6. We send out a form asking for all measurements to try to match the costumes to you.
7. We have a professional stills photographer to take photos on the day. Mobile phones and taking photos are not allowed in the costume room. These stills can be preordered and are £20 each, for headshot, 3/4' length, full length and group.
You will have 5, watermarked to chose from in a viewing gallery after the event. Prints are also available.
8. We use a blackmagic camera, rode mic, lav mics and lights.
9. You may practice with your acting partner before on zoom etc. I direct you on the day.
10. The edited 1 scene will be sent to you 2-4 weeks after the event.
11. We are making a web series called Step into History on
imdb part or all of the footage may be used and you will get a
credit if your footage is used.
12. The future finished scenes will be approximately 2
minutes long.
13. A still photo is included in the package with others
to order at £20-£30 from September, 2021 the free photo is
available when you order one or more other photos, so 2 for the
price of one.
PERIOD SHOWREEL SCENES
We are holding workshops throughout the year to film a period scene for your showreel. The scenes will be in a genuine period location, have costume and costume supervisor provided, plus hair and makeup. The scripts will be period appropriate.
There are many period dramas being cast all the time and it helps to show CD's what you can do. Besides it's fun.
In addition when you sign up there will be a chance to add a
period style headshot or a group photo in costume at a small extra
charge by a professional photographer. Mobile phones will not be
allowed on the film set.
This price is for one scene. Maximum 12 actors per
day.
VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN SHOWREEL SCENE
This scene on June 27, 2021 is specific
and will either be The Railway Children, Jayne
Eyre. Oliver Twist or Emily of Moon Farm
GETTING THE EDGE - WORKSHOP for ages 8-21
Many young actors when starting out in their careers do not know what to expect in audition.
How to best present themselves
A. In person
B. On self tape
Very important is also to be able to take direction. That means that you listen to the director or casting director and can bring a range of emotion to your piece.
You may have practised it one way but you do need to be able to do it other ways.
Directors do not cast people who cannot take
direction. That is you must be flexible and not just be able to do
it your way. Casting Directors can also ask you to
improvise.
So the day will consist of
1. Warm up games.
2. Discussion about what casting directors want, how to best present yourself in order to be cast
3. Some practice acting games to show varying emotions
4. Practice a real live audition
5. Some more games acting out improvisation in
twos or groups.
6. How to present a cv in an email. How to write
to a casting director.
7. Perform your monologue - prelearnt to camera (this will be sent afterwards for you to add to your repertoire or showreel.)
